QC informal settlers get new homes

Some 45 informal settler families (ISFs) from Quezon City (Metro Manila) received the keys to their own homes from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) during turnover of the micro-medium rise building (MMRB) and livelihood center project in Barangay Mapulang Lupa in Pandi, Bulacan on Tuesday. DILG Secretary Ismael Sueno said the 45 ISFs belong to the Pinagsamang Mamamayang Maralita sa Tabing-Ilog Association Corp., a people’s organization living in the 3-meter easement of San Juan River in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City. “This is a perfect Christmas gift for the 45 ISFs who will be spending Yuletide in their new homes,” Sueno said. The P30-million Pandi MMRB was funded under the People’s Plan Fund (PPF), one of the models for the implementation of the P50-billion ISF program of the DILG.